[Farmall] practically new 140

[Grant Brians]

John, I'll admit that I would prefer not to have to have those 34" rows 
too. Running two sets of equipment for 80" and 60" wheel spacings is not 
too bad, but adding the oddball for Potatoes is more challenging. Our 
previous Oliver Potato planter allowed me to squeeze the rows a bit and 
use the 60" tractors, but not this one. The yields are better at 34" 
than 30" too as weed control is easier. That Farmall 240 tricycle makes 
it easy to handle the cultivation.
      Where all of this does get annoying and hard is irrigation pipe 
laying and pickup. With the different spacings, we have to try not to 
move pipe between different spacings to avoid driving over beds....
      I had to chuckle about your garden comment. One year I planted 14 
acres of green beans we had to hand pick - LOTS of labor bills. The time 
I planted for the freezer and they came in with the self-propelled large 
mechanical harvesters that was a really quick pick! 27 Acres in 11 hours.
               Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer

On 11/27/2016 11:27 AM, John Hall wrote:
> Those varying row spacings would drive me nuts!!! I can't remember what
> we planted tobacco on, I'll have to measure one of the Super A's, should
> be in the low 40's. I know we used to plant field corn on 38" rows (I
> still do). We had bean plates for snap beans and butter beans so we used
> the 4 row planter to plant garden. The Super A's didn't do so good
> cultivating so then we would have to hook up the 4 row cultivator. Its
> amazing how much garden you can plant in 3-4 minutes that takes HOURS to
> pick and prepare for the freezer.
>
> John Hall
>